Torture And Traitors To The Cause
Published: September 1st, 2009
By: Tyler Murphy

Torture and traitors to the cause

No court. No Jury. No warrant. No judge oversight. No record of arrest. The accusations against you are never revealed and the evidence against you never disclosed.

You are not subject to the rights granted by the U.S. Constitution or any other humanitarian document regarding your treatment.

Held indefinitely and never knowing where you are, who has you, why, or what they are going to do to you next. Housed in a secret prison in a country off the political map.

We took no prisoners ... only enemy combatants and detainees. Not-so-cleverly redefined terms that allow one political maneuvering when confronted with violations of foreign treaties and our own domestic laws – the ones specifically designed to restrict these kinds of centralizing policies and preserve human rights. Torturing is welcomed into practice under the double-speaking guise of “enhanced interrogation technique.”

Welcome to the United States of America’s way of doing things in the fanatic wake of September 11.

The CIA adopted methods long condemned by the American government in 2002. Its techniques were inspired by an old U.S. military training program which designed its original practices after those of the Soviet Union.

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